no forced updates
very low idle usage |<2% on ryzen5 2600x running at 2.2ghz & less than 100mb ram on some distros
customizable (everything form the kernel to to the icons)
centralized media
software for EVERYTHING
no update prompts from every program every time it launches
easy to program for
decentralized development (individuals develop individual parts instead of one group developing the whole thing)
sh scripts
LVM (storage spaces sucks)